More on Mr. Kaufman's lingq

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[abiturextern]

Assimil is the best out ther - every serious Polyglot would agree here. Get Assimil to learn real life language with authentic context. It's kinda expensive but worth it.

[laoshu505000]

I'll be finding out here real soon how good it is. As usual, I will make a video giving my thoughts on it.

[zocurtis]

Hey Moses, not to be a smarty pants or anything but its pronounced Link :).

[laoshu505000]

Hahaha,..it's coo man. Someone else mentioned it here.I had no idea it was pronounced in that way.

[zhongguohua88]

Rosetta Stone is really rubish. I tried it and gave up after being drilled "The cowboy is on the horse" and "the kid is under the plane" for 50 hours. The only reason they are so popular is because they spent millions on marketing and pay big bucks to celebrities like Michael Phelps to officially support their product.

[poliglotta80]

Great video Moses :-) Yes, I use LingQ and it's really an amazing website for learning languages, the only shame is that it doesn't get the advertising it deserves! Steve's website has stayed in the shadow for too long..let's shed some light on it ;-) Luca

[Neuroneos]

@Mecklybver I also like Assimil, it really focuses both on the grammar and on the speaking. Also, it's very progressive and dynamic, with drawings and cultural notes.

[jasonUKbristol]

Pimsleur, rosetta stone and michel thomas are all good. you should use them all. The biggest problem with Michel thomas is too short. I've tried to use Lingq a few times but it seem very complicated to use.

[LittleLangs]

I quite like the methods of LingQ. They aren't revolutionary but it's all about convience. I have used similar methods for quite some time but LingQ packages it all up neatly to reduce your workload. You'll want more than it offers, in the long run because you'll want to be reading books, newspapers, etc but it has its place. You've got to start off with smaller chunks to work your way up to things.

The one problem is: not enough langs. Dutch? Yiddish? Navajo? Man, I'd be a paying customer now!

[Mecklybver]

Assimil is the best one for me. of course it shouldn't be the only source.

[findmads]

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[findmads]

The thing i like the most about lingq.com that all theese language programs don´t offer is that you can you can import a text of interest, which I find a lot more motivating.The site uses online dictionaries , if you press a word you can instantly see the meaning , the word is safed , and you can mesure improvements in your vocabulary:) there are lots of lessons with text and audio and you can find people to chat with also. ....

[Robinicat]

@abiturextern I agree. Assimil is amazing! I have been taking Italian lessons for 2 1/2 years. I speak fairly fluently. Let's put it this way, I can spend an hour with an Italian and carry on a conversation without grammar mistakes. Rosetta Stone was useless. Assimil conversation CDs in Italian are amazing. I play them in the car, on my ipod, in the house when I have time. My Italian has improved by leaps and bounds ahead of the others in my class, I have to say. Robin